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Alabama DOC Proves Truly “Heartless” by In a weird-but-true story that’s oddly fitting for Alabama’s wretched prison system, the body of a state prisoner murdered on November 16, 2023, was returned to his survivors five days later without a heart. That is the claim of a lawsuit filed in federal …
Former Florida Guard Gets Five Years for Fatal Assault on Mentally Ill Prisoner by A former Florida Department of Corrections (DOC) guard at Lake Correctional Institution (LCI) was sentenced on October 20, 2023, to five years in state prison for killing a mentally ill prisoner. That was after another prisoner …
Multiple Staffers Arrested at Georgia’s Clayton County Jail by Eight employees were arrested at Georgia’s Clayton County Jail in 2023, including guard Jalen Clausel. He was taken in five days after Sheriff Levon Allen said the guard let four detainees assault a fifth on October 28, 2023. None of the …
“Brushed It Under the Rug”: Investigation Refutes Florida Sheriff’s Story About Jail Detainee’s Death by On September 8, 2022, Carl Harper, Jr. died in Florida’s Lee County Jail, a day after his arrest. A press statement five days later from the office of the county Sheriff (LCSO), Carmine Marceno, and …
Fifth Circuit Revives Suit Against Texas Jailers Who Tasered Detainee Suffering Epileptic Seizure by Douglas Ankney On July 18, 2023, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit reversed a district court’s grant of summary judgment to jailers who tasered a detainee suffering an epileptic seizure at the Pasadena …
153 Killed in Custody in Salvadorian Gang Crackdown by A report by human rights group Cristosal on May 29, 2023, detailed how lethal El Salvador’s war on the Central American country’s gangs has been: 153 people have died in custody since Pres. Nayib Bukele’s campaign began in March 2022. Targeting …
Brief • December 6, 2023
Ireland v. Prummell, FL, Motion to Compel Production of Corizon's Mortalitiy Review, Wrongful Death, 2023 IUNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE MIDDLE DISTRICT OF FLORIDA FORT MYERS DIVISION THOMAS B. IRELAND, CIVIL ACTION Plaintiff, Case No. 2:17-cv-468-FtM-MRM v. BILL PRUMMELL et al., Defendants. PLAINTIFF’S MOTION TO COMPEL PRODUCTION OF CORIZON’S …
Nine Memphis Jailers Indicted in Death of Psychotic Detainee by On September 20, 2023, Shelby County Sheriff Floyd Bonner announced that nine of his deputies had been indicted in the death of Gershun Freeman, a 33-year-old Black man who died in custody at the Memphis lockup during a psychotic episode …
Article • November 15, 2023 • from PLN November, 2023
$24 Million for Motorist Detained and Killed by California Highway Patrol by In yet another case involving an unarmed, non-resisting suspect killed by the police, Edward Bronstein, 38, was five minutes from his home when he was pulled over by officers with the California Highway Patrol (CHP) on March 31, …
Brief • November 2, 2023
Estate of Fanta Bility v. Borough of Sharon Hill, PA, Settlement, Wrongful Death-Excessive Force, 2023 Case 2:21-cv-04697-HB Document 81 Filed 11/02/23 Page 1 of 9 ___________________________________________ ESTATE OF FANTA BILITY, BY AND THROUGH : SIDIKIE KAMARA, AS ADMINISTRATOR : OF THE ESTATE OF FANTA BILITY : : Plaintiffs, : : …
Article • July 15, 2023 • from PLN July, 2023
New York City Stops Reporting Rikers Island Deaths Amid Rampant Guard Misconduct by Kevin Bliss, Chuck Sharman, Benjamin Tschirhart by Kevin W. Bliss, Chuck Sharman and Benjamin Tschirhart On May 31, 2023, Luis Molina, Commissioner of the New York City Department of Correction (DOC), announced his agency would no longer …
Brief • July 11, 2023
Estate of Angel Hernadez v. Belchamber, CA, Settlement, Wrongful Death, 2023 THE CITY OF SAN DIEGO RELEASE AND SETTLEMENT OF CLAIMS AGAINST THE CITY OF SAN DIEGO For the sole consideration of Two Hundred Twenty-Five Thousand Dollars ($225,000), the undersigned Plaintiff Claudia Hernandez ("Plaintiff,,) releases and forever discharges Defendant City …
Brief • July 10, 2023
Estate Of Kellie Wright v. Pottawatomie County Public Safety Center Trust, OK, Complaint, Wrongful Death-Excessive Force, 2023 Case 5:23-cv-00594-G Document 1 Filed 07/10/23 Page 1 of 13 IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE WESTERN DISTRICT OF OKLAHOMA (1) SHELLY CALLIER, as Co-Administrator of the Estate of KELLIE WRIGHT, …
Article • June 15, 2023 • from PLN June, 2023
Four Michigan Jail Guards Guilty in Detainee Death, Family Paid $2.4 Million by Matthew Clarke by Matt Clarke Just weeks before their trial was to begin on charges of involuntary manslaughter in a detainee’s death, four guards at Michigan’s Muskegon County Jail pleaded guilty to a lesser charge of Willful …
No Charges for Georgia Guards Who Allegedly Abetted Attack That Left Prisoner Dead by Keith Sanders by Keith Sanders On September 30, 2022, nineteen-year-old Quafabian McBride was fatally stabbed in the heart during a fight between rival gangs at Georgia’s Phillips State Prison. McBride and fellow “Rolax Bloods” member Dejuan …
Article • June 1, 2023 • from PLN June, 2023
“All Signals Blinking Red” at Federal Prison in West Virginia After DOJ Releases Report on Killing of Mobster “Whitey” Bulger by Benjamin Tschirhart, Casey Bastian by Casey J. Bastian and Benjamin Tschirhart Citing “bureaucratic incompetence,” as well as “flawed, confusing and insufficient” policies and procedures, a December 2022 report by …
Brief • May 19, 2023
Alves v. Riverside County, CA, Order Denying Renewed Motion for Judgment, Excessive Force, 2023 Case 5:19-cv-02083-JGB-SHK Document 210 Filed 05/19/23 Page 1 of 20 Page ID #:4477 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT CENTRAL DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA CIVIL MINUTES—GENERAL EDCV 19-2083 JGB (SHKx) Case No. Date May 19, 2023 Title Tracy Alves …
Oklahoma County Pays $1.1 Million After Jail Guards Fatally Beat Detainee by Jacob Barrett by Jacob Barrett On September 1, 2022, the federal courtfor the Western District of Oklahoma granted dismissal to plaintiffs in a suit against Oklahoma County, after they agreed to a $1.1 million settlement in the death …
Fifth Circuit Reinstates Claim That LaSalle Guards Fatally Beat Louisiana Pre-Trial Detainee by Matthew Clarke by Matt Clarke On July 22, 2022, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit reinstated claims previously dismissed in a lawsuit filed over a detainee’s fatal beating at a prison privately operated by …
Fifth Circuit Reinstates Lawsuit Over Texas Detainee’s Asphyxiation by Jail Guards by Matthew Clarke by Matt Clarke On July 13, 2022, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit reversed dismissal of a lawsuit filed over the death of a Texas detainee during an altercation with jail guards. Kelli …
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